Sunday April 15, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of April 15, 1973:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Boston           173   34    58    7    1    7    32    4    0   17    13  .335
Kansas City      313   68    88   17    2   10    65    7    1   43    45  .281
California       190   23    51    6    1    2    22    8    2   21    20  .268
Oakland          243   29    60    6    1    9    29    3    1   18    42  .247
Chicago          194   21    47    5    3    3    19    1    4   23    19  .242
New York         259   30    61   11    0    5    27    2    3   21    38  .236
Baltimore        290   34    68   11    2    4    29    5    5   35    30  .235
Minnesota        226   29    51    8    3    7    27    2    3   24    47  .226
Texas            155   16    32    6    1    1    14    4    0   16    24  .207
Milwaukee        201   17    41    5    2    7    16    3    3    7    25  .204
Cleveland        253   17    48   14    0    2    17    0    3   23    41  .190
Detroit          230   18    38    8    3    4    16    2    0   25    36  .165

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine (CAL)     6   25    2   11   1   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .440
Reggie Jackson (OAK)      7   27    6   10   1   0   3    8   0   0    3    9  .370
Cookie Rojas (KC)         9   38    6   14   5   0   0    9   1   0    4    2  .368
Reggie Smith (BOS)        5   19    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    4    1  .368
Larry Hisle (MIN)         7   28    9   10   2   1   3    6   1   0    3    6  .357
Ken Berry (CAL)           6   20    4    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .350
Tommy Harper (BOS)        5   20    5    7   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    1  .350
Freddie Patek (KC)        9   35   11   12   2   1   1    5   3   0    6    5  .343
Ken Henderson (CHI)       6   19    5    6   1   0   1    5   0   1    5    0  .316
Mark Belanger (BAL)       8   29    5    9   0   0   0    4   2   1    4    0  .310

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Al Bumbry              4    5    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .400
Mark Belanger          8   29    5    9   0   0   0    4   2   1    4    0  .310
Merv Rettenmund        7   28    5    8   1   0   1    7   1   2    7    5  .286
Tommy Davis            4   14    1    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
Don Baylor             8   32    5    9   3   1   1    3   1   0    4    2  .281
Terry Crowley          6   18    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    0  .278
Bobby Grich            8   30    1    8   2   0   0    1   0   1    8    4  .267
Paul Blair             8   30    4    7   1   0   0    0   1   0    1    2  .233
Rich Coggins           2    5    1    1   0   1   0    1   0   0    0    0  .200
Earl Williams          7   27    4    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    7  .185
Brooks Robinson        8   32    2    5   0   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .156
Boog Powell            8   35    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .143
Andy Etchebarren       3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Larry Brown            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Enos Cabell            2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Frank Baker            2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ellie Hendricks        3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Miller            3    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Mario Guerrero         1    3    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .667
Carlton Fisk           5   18    6   10   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    2  .556
Doug Griffin           5   18    5   10   0   0   1    3   1   0    1    1  .556
Reggie Smith           5   19    4    7   2   0   0    4   0   0    4    1  .368
Tommy Harper           5   20    5    7   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    1  .350
Carl Yastrzemski       5   20    4    6   1   0   2    7   1   0    2    0  .300
Rico Petrocelli        5   20    4    5   0   0   1    4   0   0    1    0  .250
Luis Aparicio          5   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .250
Dwight Evans           5   18    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .222
Orlando Cepeda         4   17    1    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    4  .118
Ben Oglivie            1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leroy Stanton          1    1    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0 1.000
Frank Robinson         1    4    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Bobby Valentine        6   25    2   11   1   1   0    5   1   0    1    1  .440
Rudy Meoli             5    8    2    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .375
Ken Berry              6   20    4    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    2  .350
Art Kusnyer            2    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .333
Vada Pinson            6   22    3    6   1   0   1    6   0   1    2    5  .273
Sandy Alomar           6   21    3    5   0   0   0    1   5   0    1    0  .238
Tommy McCraw           6   19    1    4   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    3  .211
John Stephenson        5   16    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .188
Jim Spencer            6   17    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    1  .177
Billy Grabarkewitz     2    7    1    1   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    3  .143
Bob Oliver             5   16    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125
Doug Howard            3    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Jerry Davanon          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pat Kelly              4   18    3    9   0   0   0    2   0   1    1    1  .500
Johnny Jeter           3    9    2    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    0    0  .444
Ken Henderson          6   19    5    6   1   0   1    5   0   1    5    0  .316
Mike Andrews           4   14    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .286
Dick Allen             6   24    2    6   2   1   1    2   0   0    1    5  .250
Jorge Orta             6   16    4    4   0   1   0    1   1   0    5    0  .250
Carlos May             6   25    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    1    7  .200
Tony Muser             2    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    0  .167
Bill Melton            6   19    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    5    0  .158
Ed Herrmann            6   22    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .136
Eddie Leon             6   19    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .105
Hank Allen             1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Chuck Brinkman         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Rick Reichardt         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Luis Alvarado          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Walt Williams          1    1    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jerry Kenney           2    7    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .286
Oscar Gamble           3   11    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .273
John Lowenstein        3    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .250
George Hendrick        7   29    1    7   2   0   0    2   0   1    0    5  .241
John Ellis             6   21    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .238
Buddy Bell             8   27    3    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .185
Dave Duncan            8   28    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    7  .179
Charlie Spikes         8   28    3    5   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    6  .179
Leo Cardenas           8   23    1    4   2   0   0    0   0   1    2    5  .174
Chris Chambliss        8   29    4    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    4    5  .172
Rusty Torres           7   24    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   1    5    4  .167
Jack Brohamer          7   21    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .048

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Brinkman            7   20    3    6   0   3   0    1   0   0    3    2  .300
Bill Freehan           6   22    2    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .273
Gates Brown            7   16    1    4   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    2  .250
Tony Taylor            4   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .250
Duke Sims              1    4    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Mickey Stanley         7   22    3    4   2   0   1    2   0   0    5    1  .182
Dick McAuliffe         6   18    0    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .167
Aurelio Rodriguez      7   27    2    4   1   0   1    3   1   0    0    4  .148
Willie Horton          2    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Norm Cash              6   25    4    3   1   0   2    3   0   0    0    4  .120
Jim Northrup           5   18    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .111
Al Kaline              5   19    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .053
Rich Reese             4   11    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .000
Frank Howard           4    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000
Ike Brown              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gail Hopkins           5    5    2    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    3    1  .600
Cookie Rojas           9   38    6   14   5   0   0    9   1   0    4    2  .368
Freddie Patek          9   35   11   12   2   1   1    5   3   0    6    5  .343
Paul Schaal            9   29    5    9   0   0   0    4   0   1    7    5  .310
Amos Otis              9   40    9   12   3   0   2    3   1   0    2    5  .300
Ed Kirkpatrick         5   14    5    4   1   0   1    6   0   0    6    1  .286
Steve Hovley           5    7    2    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .286
Keith Marshall         5    7    0    2   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .286
John Mayberry          9   33   10    9   1   0   3   14   0   0    9    9  .273
Carl Taylor            6   15    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .267
Lou Piniella           9   32    4    7   1   0   1    5   1   0    1    3  .219
Kurt Bevacqua          3   10    4    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .200
Hal McRae              7   28    5    5   1   0   2    7   1   0    2    4  .179
Jerry May              6   19    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    1    3  .158
Bobby Floyd            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bob Heise              1    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Ellie Rodriguez        6   20    3    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .350
Ollie Brown            5   12    2    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .333
Darrell Porter         1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Pedro Garcia           6   20    3    5   0   0   2    5   0   0    0    2  .250
George Scott           6   25    1    5   0   0   1    3   1   0    0    2  .200
Johnny Briggs          6   22    1    4   0   1   0    0   1   1    3    2  .182
Joe Lahoud             3   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    0  .182
Dave May               6   25    3    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    0    3  .160
Gorman Thomas          6   20    1    3   0   1   1    1   0   0    2    9  .150
Don Money              6   21    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   1    1    2  .143
Rick Auerbach          4    9    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .111
John Vukovich          4   10    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
John Felske            1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Coluccio           1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Hisle            7   28    9   10   2   1   3    6   1   0    3    6  .357
Jim Holt               5   17    3    6   0   1   1    2   0   1    1    2  .353
Tony Oliva             6   25    3    7   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    4  .280
Rod Carew              7   24    5    6   2   1   0    2   1   0    3    1  .250
Bobby Darwin           7   26    3    6   0   0   1    5   0   0    2    8  .231
Steve Braun            6   20    1    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    4  .200
Steve Brye             3    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .200
Joe Lis                5   18    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   1    2    6  .167
Phil Roof              6   12    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .167
Danny Walton           2    6    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Harmon Killebrew       2    7    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .143
George Mitterwald      4    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   1    4    3  .143
Danny Thompson         7   27    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .111
Mike Adams             3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000
Jerry Terrell          1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Murcer           8   29    6    9   2   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .310
Matty Alou             6   20    4    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .300
Horace Clarke          8   33    3    9   0   0   0    2   0   2    2    2  .273
Felipe Alou            7   23    3    6   2   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .261
Thurman Munson         8   28    3    7   2   0   1    3   0   1    1    2  .250
Celerino Sanchez       1    4    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250
Gene Michael           8   25    2    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .240
Graig Nettles          8   28    4    6   1   0   2    8   0   0    3    6  .214
Ron Blomberg           5   15    1    3   0   0   0    2   1   0    4    2  .200
Roy White              8   31    2    6   0   0   0    0   1   0    3    6  .194
Johnny Callison        3   11    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .091
Ron Swoboda            4   11    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .091
Bernie Allen           1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Hal Lanier             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gonzalo Marquez        5    8    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .500
Reggie Jackson         7   27    6   10   1   0   3    8   0   0    3    9  .370
Ted Kubiak             7   19    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .316
Billy North            6   20    4    6   1   0   0    0   2   0    2    3  .300
Billy Conigliaro       6   25    2    7   0   1   0    1   1   0    0    3  .280
Angel Mangual          3   11    3    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .273
Ray Fosse              7   28    0    7   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .250
Gene Tenace            7   24    4    6   1   0   2    4   0   0    4    4  .250
Sal Bando              7   23    5    4   1   0   2    5   0   0    5    0  .174
Dal Maxvill            4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167
Joe Rudi               7   28    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    8  .143
Bert Campaneris        2    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Dick Green             6   13    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .077
Rich McKinney          2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Hegan             4    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Texas                G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Alex Johnson           5   19    3    8   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .421
Ken Suarez             1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Jeff Burroughs         5   16    2    5   0   1   1    2   0   0    3    6  .313
Toby Harrah            5   19    1    5   1   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .263
Elliott Maddox         4   12    1    3   0   0   0    3   1   0    3    3  .250
Mike Epstein           5   19    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .211
Joe Lovitto            5   17    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .118
Rico Carty             5   19    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .105
Dick Billings          4   10    2    1   0   0   0    2   1   0    2    1  .100
Dave Nelson            4   11    4    1   1   0   0    2   1   0    3    3  .091
Vic Harris             4    9    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Tom Grieve             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jim Mason              3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  A. Otis (KC)             40
  C. Rojas (KC)            38
  F. Patek (KC)            35
  B. Powell (BAL)          35
  H. Clarke (NY)           33
  J. Mayberry (KC)         33
  D. Baylor (BAL)          32
  L. Piniella (KC)         32
  B. Robinson (BAL)        32
  R. White (NY)            31

Runs Scored:

  F. Patek (KC)            11
  J. Mayberry (KC)         10
  L. Hisle (MIN)            9
  A. Otis (KC)              9
  C. Fisk (BOS)             6
  R. Jackson (OAK)          6
  B. Murcer (NY)            6
  C. Rojas (KC)             6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  D. Baylor (BAL)           5

Hits:

  C. Rojas (KC)            14
  A. Otis (KC)             12
  F. Patek (KC)            12
  B. Valentine (CAL)       11
  C. Fisk (BOS)            10
  D. Griffin (BOS)         10
  L. Hisle (MIN)           10
  R. Jackson (OAK)         10
  D. Baylor (BAL)           9
  M. Belanger (BAL)         9

Doubles:

  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  D. Baylor (BAL)           3
  A. Otis (KC)              3
  D. Allen (CHI)            2
  F. Alou (NY)              2
  M. Alou (NY)              2
  S. Braun (MIN)            2
  L. Cardenas (CLE)         2
  R. Carew (MIN)            2
  C. Fisk (BOS)             2

Triples:

  E. Brinkman (DET)         3
  D. Allen (CHI)            1
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1
  R. Coggins (BAL)          1
  B. Conigliaro (OAK)       1
  T. Harper (BOS)           1
  L. Hisle (MIN)            1

Home Runs:

  L. Hisle (MIN)            3
  R. Jackson (OAK)          3
  J. Mayberry (KC)          3
  S. Bando (OAK)            2
  N. Cash (DET)             2
  C. Fisk (BOS)             2
  P. Garcia (MIL)           2
  D. May (MIL)              2
  H. McRae (KC)             2
  G. Nettles (NY)           2

RBI:

  J. Mayberry (KC)         14
  C. Rojas (KC)             9
  R. Jackson (OAK)          8
  G. Nettles (NY)           8
  H. McRae (KC)             7
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       7
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)      7
  C. Fisk (BOS)             6
  L. Hisle (MIN)            6
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       6

Stolen Bases:

  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  F. Patek (KC)             3
  M. Belanger (BAL)         2
  B. North (OAK)            2
  D. Baylor (BAL)           1
  D. Billings (TEX)         1
  P. Blair (BAL)            1
  R. Blomberg (NY)          1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  R. Carew (MIN)            1

Caught Stealing:

  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       2
  R. Auerbach (MIL)         1
  M. Belanger (BAL)         1
  J. Briggs (MIL)           1
  A. Bumbry (BAL)           1
  L. Cardenas (CLE)         1
  B. Grich (BAL)            1
  K. Henderson (CHI)        1
  G. Hendrick (CLE)         1

Walks:

  J. Mayberry (KC)          9
  B. Grich (BAL)            8
  M. Rettenmund (BAL)       7
  P. Schaal (KC)            7
  E. Kirkpatrick (KC)       6
  F. Patek (KC)             6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  K. Henderson (CHI)        5
  B. Melton (CHI)           5
  J. Orta (CHI)             5

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)          9
  J. Mayberry (KC)          9
  G. Thomas (MIL)           9
  B. Darwin (MIN)           8
  J. Rudi (OAK)             8
  D. Duncan (CLE)           7
  C. May (CHI)              7
  B. Murcer (NY)            7
  E. Williams (BAL)         7
  J. Burroughs (TEX)        6


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